#38979D#38979D

#38979D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.088 H 201.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38979D
RGB	rgb(56, 151, 157)
HSL	hsl(184, 47%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(184, 64%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 3.8%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.47, -25.45, -11.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.47, 27.88, 204.08°)
OKLab	oklab(62.37% -0.0819 -0.0315)
OKLCH	oklch(62.37% 0.088 201.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.7807, 25.4063, 35.8059)
Luminance	0.2541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38979D #9D3E38

analogous

#389D71 #38979D #38659D

triadic

#38979D #9D3897 #979D38

tetradic

#38979D #71389D #9D3E38 #659D38

square

#38979D #71389D #9D3E38 #659D38

split-complementary

#38979D #9D3865 #9D7138

monochromatic

#184043 #286C70 #38979D #51BAC1 #7ECCD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#38979D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#38979D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #38979D

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38979D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38979D	1.00	3.45	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C919E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D859D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38979d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 151, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.088 201.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bb6b9',
    500: '#38979d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38979d;
$custom-light: #7bb6b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38979d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.564,
    "s": 47.418,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62368,
    "c": 0.08771,
    "h": 201.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38979D

secondary

#BA7A76

accent

#5951D7

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #38979D

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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